The men's Salewa Mountain Trainer GTX Shoe features a water resistant suede upper, climbing rubber rand, extended lacing and sticky Vibram Alpine Approach sole that make it the perfect every day companion on and off the mountain. The GORE-TEX membrane provides ultimate waterproofness.

Features

3F System EVO: Limiting the freedom of movement of an athlete’s foot is the biggest mistake that can be made.

Climbing Lacing: Adjustment to the personal needs is provided by the extended technical lacing towards the front of the shoe.

Well these are only two days old and I'm only able to comment on the supberb fit. I have enjoyed the high top boot so that when I learned it was available in a hiking shoe I had to try them on. Lacing on both is excellent. They feel like a custome made pair of sox on my feet. Footbed, heel, arch and instep are perfect.

I could wear them daily. The sales person tried to lead me to a different shoe since he said these were just more of what I had in the high tops. I disagree. The sole seems sticker and the comfort/relaxed ankle are just comfortable in a different way.. Support is the best, and as said, they feel custom tailored for my foot.

This is the second pair of Salewa Mountain Trainer shoes I have purchased for my son. His first pair lasted for a year with extremely intense daily use. His adventures in these shoes include the approach to climbing in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and in the Canadian Bugaboos. They also were worn as an every day show for his job where he works outdoors and routinely walks 5 miles per day. If you need a pair of shoes that will stand up to rugged daily wear these are for you!

Fit is great. These shoes are fantastic when crossing rock/boulder fields (ie Fiery Gizzard). I picked these up about 15 months ago and have done 40+ waterfall trails and about 250 miles of hiking with a 20-30 lbs pack as well as use these at the gym and they are still almost new. I have several approach shoes/Hiking shoes and these are my favorite. Be ready to loosen them if your feet swell, as they do not stretch/loosen while you walk.